Abstract

Human resource development in small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) is known to have a role as important as large-scale enterprises in achieving competi- tive advantage. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of human resources development in SMEs. Management and development of human resources in SMEs generally done informally, i.e. do not have written rules; recruitment process done through employees’ word-of-mouth; selection process is done based on consid- eration of small business owners; training process is determined to SME owners; and motivation in SMEs in terms of salary or wages are often considered smaller than large enterprises. Keywords: Informal human resource, recruitment and selection in SME, training and development in SME, Motivation in SME

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